Item: ONSV1895

Original U.S. WWII Bring Back Dutch Wooden Shoes from Liberation of Holland - 749th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion

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  • Original Items: One-of-a-kind. This is a genuine USGI bring back from a solider in Battery D of the 749th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion known as the "GLOMADIERS". Each wood clog is in excellent condition and signed by dozens of soldiers all in different inks and handwriting. Some examples include:

    Right clog:
    Sam Frazetto
    (Staten Island)
    (Jew boy)

    Wayne Hannas
    Kenosha, Wis

    Art Lorenz
    Runnemede
    N.J.

    Curtis A. Medley
    West Terre Haute
    Indiana
    RR #1

    Francis Calrow
    New York City
    (kid from 10th ave)


    Belgium
    Scotland
    Wales
    Holland

    Left Clog:
    BTY. D
    749th AAA Gun B n
    "GLOMADIERS"

    Robt. M. Palmer
    10-24-44
    Durham, N.C.

    Harlod Hayden
    Boonville Missouri

    David C. Rhew
    Hillsboro, North Carolina

    WM. Galliher
    Connersville Indiana

    Ernesto Orsatti
    105 Blackadore Ave
    Pittsburgh, Penna

    Normandy
    France
    Holland
    England
    Iceland

    Overall a fantastic memento of an iconic symbol for the Liberation of Holland in 1944.


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